This was not exactly a spontaneous trip – we planned it almost three months in advance – but it did come up fairly spontaneously back…
It may sound unexpected coming from yours truly, but if there was a day that stood out on our two-weeks-plus-long trip to Greece, it was…
The second part of our day cruise that first took us to Delos was Mykonos. A renowned “party island”, it may have been completely ignored…
For all of the obvious associations between Greece and the ancient cultures, it has a surprisingly modest number of recognized World Heritage sites: 18 properties…
Our time on Naxos was structured as a sequence of day-long excursions. One of those was a chauffeured private tour around the island, with stops…
If we fell in love with one place in Greece, it was Naxos. Although it is not exactly unknown, it does not attract as many…
The village of Oia enjoys incontestable top billing among Santorini sights – to the point that some travel publications caption a photograph of Oia as…
Oia – pronounced EE-yah, the O is silent – is one of the most recognizable destinations in the world and a place that always features…
The terrace of our apartment on Santorini was facing west and we were able to add a pretty sunset to the incredible sunrise that we…
This last point of interest that we explored while on Crete deserves its own blog entry in part because of the insanely beautiful mountain road…
Crete is a huge island, impossible to cover in much detail in less than a week’s time. We did not attempt anything of the kind.…
The capital of Crete does not offer much in terms of must-see sights (Knossos Palace, by any measure near the top of the list of…
In our two-plus weeks in Greece this past summer, we have purposefully visited 8 archaeological sites and probably saw just as many in passing. That…
You may have seen this view before, as my lovely spouse, who is significantly more active on social media than yours truly, posted her versions…
I have now reached the end of photographic narrative for our springtime trip to the French department of Dordogne and then to Paris. For those…
My opportunistic attitude towards visiting World Heritage sites was on full display on our last day in France. The town of Poissy is situated roughly…
Even if you are not an art enthusiast, you probably have knowledge of Claude Monet’s Water Lilies series – and may have chanced upon some…
One of my favorite movie quotes comes from Woody Allen’s ode to the French capital: That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere…
As we are leaving Dordogne, let’s take a look at a small selection of photographs that did not have enough collective mass to support a…
There are 10 Les Plus Beaux Villages de France in Dordogne, more than in any other French department. We have already seen 9. The persistent…